Peter Brock Dead

[Howard]

Australian Motor Sport hero Peter brock has been killed competing in a tarmac rally in Western Australia.
Love him or not (me not) he will be missed from the local sporting scene. From the Sydney Morning Heralld ....
"Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock has been killed in an accident while taking part in the Targa West rally in Western Australia, motor sport officials have confirmed.
Brock, 61, from Melbourne, became Australia's best known motor sport personality and a dominant figure in the sport.
West Australian police say a car competing in the Targa West rally crashed into a tree at Gidgegannup about 30 kilometres north-east of Perth about 12pm.
The car was carrying two people and one had died in the crash, he said.
The major crash investigation unit was at the scene, he said. Ambulances were not called.
Motor sport officials have confirmed the driver was Brock.
Brock's car hit a tree and no other vehicles were involved, it is understood.
The accident occurred near the small community of Gidgegannup, about 40 kilometres east of Perth.
Known as 'Peter Perfect' and the 'King of the Mountain', Brock retired from full-time racing in 1997 but returned to Bathurst to win the 24-hour race in 2003.
The editor of Wheels magazine, Jed Bulmer, says Peter Brock was the consummate driving professional who won many accolades, but will best be remembered for his mastery of the race circuit at Bathurst."

A sad few days for Aussies, Brock's death comes on the eve of Steve Irwin's funeral.